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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
  • The project is now off the ground! I have 10 more videos planned.
    This is the first video documenting the construction of the treehouse. It will be a far cry from the deer stands I've built previously!
    #wiltziustreehouse
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  • @mikedkc
    @mikedkc ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding work, sir. You are a masterful carpenter.

  • @johnlucier8572
    @johnlucier8572 ปีที่แล้ว

    You had this one figured all out. Excellent job. Amazing work and craftsmanship. Hats off to you and then to enjoy it with all the hard work you put into it.....

  • @davidrose6919
    @davidrose6919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really nice precise work... nice tools... and you know how to use them.

  • @ponyrang
    @ponyrang ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow... !!! It's always great. Your video is excellent quality. We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks

  • @eyupaydin4147
    @eyupaydin4147 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great detailed video, thank you so much

  • @marcodusina1527
    @marcodusina1527 ปีที่แล้ว

    Veramente complimenti!!!!per il lavoro e il filmato di spiegazione!!!!top

  • @steitos
    @steitos ปีที่แล้ว

    *Excellent work 🤗*

  • @koreanature
    @koreanature ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello my friend.. All the best to your channel and hope you have a wonderful day !!!

  • @thatguytj1775
    @thatguytj1775 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude that was really helpful! beautiful treehouse by the way!

  • @laynestaley1020
    @laynestaley1020 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lmao..the prep work to drill a hole with the laser kills me.Your a funny guy.

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      haha, most important four holes of the entire project!

  • @TheTreehouseShop
    @TheTreehouseShop 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for thks honest and informative content! If anyone is looking for these Tree Bolts in Europe - we are the ones where you will find them😊 Stay safe and see you soon!!!

  • @deanguando1335
    @deanguando1335 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice heavy duty construction.

  • @GoHerd2001
    @GoHerd2001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job!

  • @davidsettle8456
    @davidsettle8456 ปีที่แล้ว

    That looks like deer hunting paradise

  • @lesliehilesgardener6959
    @lesliehilesgardener6959 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imbankment helps with wind and storms from northwest underground deep enough for winter shelter and storage...I'm still a kid at heart done this before was great fun and great friends help lets party 🥳 🎉 😀 😊 👍 😄 🥳 🎉

  • @dccowboy87
    @dccowboy87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Step 1. Own $10,000+ of tools. 😂
    Love the video.

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Step 0: convince wife I need $10,000 worth of tools before I can build her a proper chicken coop (see recent chicken coop tour video), then rally kiddos to petition for epic treehouse. 😉

  • @rowdyboudy
    @rowdyboudy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    niely done I like the sliders

  • @maigematthews5620
    @maigematthews5620 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol! Great video. You should have more videos with cats & commentaries.

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! There will be at least two more videos with the cat in this build!

  • @richardbudgell2374
    @richardbudgell2374 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just wanted to build a tree house ..I didn't realise I would need a huge carpentry workshop

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  ปีที่แล้ว

      There are many reasons to ‘need’ a bunch of tools… that’s why I built my wife a chicken coop first 😉

  • @zkailz
    @zkailz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video and awesome treehouse. Can I ask some specifics? Is that a 4x6 that you used the top of your tribeams? Did you use 2x10's for joists? I was thinking of 2x8's but my span look a bit less. And how did you secure the floating side? I notice some angle brackets. Did you just use a few to keep the platform from slipping off? Thanks for any help!!!

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Each joist is 16 feet long and made from 1.5” x 9.5” treated pine. The joist is bolted to one tribeam with angle iron that I have cut, drilled, and painted to make brackets. On the opposite tribeam the joist is allowed to move. This will help the longevity of the platform by allowing the trees to move freely while not stressing the platform.
      The free-floating end is a pretty neat system. 1/2”thick UHMW polyethylene is used to decrease friction and resist wear on the 4x6” support beam. Angle iron is again used, but this time as a guide. There is no wood on wood or metal on wood in this system; only polyethylene rubs against wood or metal.
      For more pictures I used #wiltziustreehouse on Instagram to tag 100 updates on the build. Hope this helps!

  • @jake2008mu
    @jake2008mu ปีที่แล้ว

    Appreciate your videos as I get started on my own treehouse. Can I ask how you ensured the tri beams would be parallel to each other? I feel it would be difficult to locate that second bolt after the first one was in, especially since one was on the inside and one on the outside. Thx!

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  ปีที่แล้ว

      I used a laser for alignment - this allowed me to drill in line with the laser beam (I had a mark - probably not visible in the video - on the back of the drill to mark center of the bit). The inside bolt (between the trees) was easy. For the outside bolt I set up the laser a ways away and set the beam to kiss the left edge of each tree, measured the offset from the inside bolt tree, then repositioned the laser unit that measurement and centered it on the outside bolt tree. The whole process was time consuming and tedious but exact. This is also one of those cases where close enough is OK - only one beam is bolted to the platform and the other moves freely. Level tri-beams are a must, parallel is simply visually pleasing.

    • @jake2008mu
      @jake2008mu ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samuelwiltzius got it, that makes sense. Appreciate it man!

  • @georgewhitehouse8630
    @georgewhitehouse8630 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think that one of the benefits of the treehouse is that you don’t need to use pt lumber

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes and no… the floor joists extend under the treehouse and the deck and have to be treated in order to fulfill both tasks. The interior of the treehouse is all rough sawn that I milled and I much preferred the look/smell/feel of non-pressure treated lumber here.

  • @spicypros
    @spicypros ปีที่แล้ว

    Great design, I am just starting to build something similar. Was the purpose of the angle brackets to limit the movement of the joists? How many did you put on each joist and on which sides? Would like to know more about that! Thanks and it looks very well constructed.

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  ปีที่แล้ว

      The angled brackets are to attach the floor joist to one side permanently (one per joist) and on the free-moving side, to keep everything in position while it moves with the breeze I went with one on each side the joist on either side of the tree (2 per joist) and then one on the outside of the outside joists - I used up the metal I had and so far looks good.

    • @euginasYT
      @euginasYT 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      TABs allow movement of the platform along them on eachside, why adding free movement of the joists on one side?

  • @matthewlindenmuth3539
    @matthewlindenmuth3539 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice craftsmanship. Now that it has been up for a while do you feel like the 4x4 knee braces are enough? I am looking to build something about 2/3 the size and back and forth between 4x4 and 4x6 for the braces.

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! Given the length of the span and the joinery and brackets, 4x4 is plenty strong in my case. Wood is very strong under compression. We get some fierce wind in winter and kids put plenty of stress jumping around the net and I see no warning signs that 4x4 is not enough. Of coarse, if you use different joinery and brackets use your best judgement.

    • @matthewlindenmuth3539
      @matthewlindenmuth3539 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the quick response. I am going to have brackets very similar to what you used fabricated. I am pretty solid carpenter, but nowhere near the level of detail you take it to. I really enjoyed watching the video and the level of detail you go do recessing the UHMW sheets and such. Keep up the great work.

  • @marceloorellana2369
    @marceloorellana2369 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    No me quedó claro como fijaste la base al árbol que pernos usaste..??

  • @lloydnelson6920
    @lloydnelson6920 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's cool and safe from most animals neet

  • @mariadominiqueberry7261
    @mariadominiqueberry7261 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your project, well done!...I want one, where did you order your brackets?

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! I ordered TABs and brackets from www.treehouseparts.com

    • @mariadominiqueberry7261
      @mariadominiqueberry7261 ปีที่แล้ว

      ....thanks for sharing, and again, your approach is simple and very creative!

  • @BeeeHonest
    @BeeeHonest ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your tree house platform, but will that kill the tree?

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! The tree attachment bolts (TABs) are designed to accommodate tree growth and not harm the tree.

  • @cacadores3955
    @cacadores3955 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why do people start drilling with the actual drill bit? Why not use a thinner one first as a guide?

  • @tenchyu1358
    @tenchyu1358 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why didnt you drill thru the tree trunk? Isnt it better to hold the bolt firmly from both ends?

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  ปีที่แล้ว

      The TAB is specialized for this purpose. I believe by having three concentric holes and the boss of the TAB snugged down it is stronger than going through the tree because the risk of splitting the trunk is lower when stressed by wind or motion.

  • @johnnycashh7148
    @johnnycashh7148 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any particular reason you didn't put them both on the inside of the trees? That thing looks super strong. 🍻

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Actually yes; as the trees grows I can shift the platform to accommodate the growth and keep my beams from being swallowed by the tree.

    • @johnnycashh7148
      @johnnycashh7148 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@samuelwiltzius awesome...makes perfect sense!!

  • @SalBren
    @SalBren ปีที่แล้ว

    Mantap bg

  • @trehnert
    @trehnert ปีที่แล้ว

    Every video needs a CAT! Lol 🤣🤣

  • @billmclaren4373
    @billmclaren4373 ปีที่แล้ว

    You would think with all those tools and all that palaver it should be level ......................

  • @stevegreenwood7837
    @stevegreenwood7837 ปีที่แล้ว

    what sort of damage does drilling a deep hole... do to a living !!! tree ?

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very little. Only the outside layer of the tree is alive, the inside is in a sort of preserved state, protected by the bark. As long as the tree is not split or cracked and the bolt is tightened appropriately there is no loss of strength to the tree. To get a bit more technical; the boss on the TAB has about a 3" diameter and the tree has about a 45" circumference. If unrolled this is a 45" wide living path up and down thee tree - called the cambium. The TAB only interferes with 6-7% of this path and is well within the ability of the tree to compensate and remain completely unaffected from root to leaf.

  • @radiowaves88
    @radiowaves88 ปีที่แล้ว

    What size TAB's did you use?

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  ปีที่แล้ว

      I used the standard size “Garnier Limb” on the net and the 18” GL for the platform.

  • @shakeelmohideen7172
    @shakeelmohideen7172 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😂 why do have to drill into the tree..could have built.spring loaded bracket around tree.. spring to handle heavy windy conditions.. like similar to trampoline.. maybe 😂.. just and suggestion.. strong spring not too shaky

  • @gary24752
    @gary24752 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why is one on the inside of the tree and the other on the outside?

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  ปีที่แล้ว

      This gives me the easiest option for accommodating tree growth - if all is well in 10-20 years and the tree grows I can slide the whole structure a few inches in the same direction without having to change attachment points of the truss to the platform.

  • @maigematthews5620
    @maigematthews5620 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would your waterproof the treehouse from the weather precipitation running down tree bark?

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is separation between the structure and the trees, future videos will show how this was done... I'm a better wood worker than video editor so thank you for your patience!

  • @lesliehilesgardener6959
    @lesliehilesgardener6959 ปีที่แล้ว

    One or more trees help...simple structure is always better you can add as u Go think it out

  • @AquariusPonder
    @AquariusPonder ปีที่แล้ว

    How much did those bolts cost you

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  ปีที่แล้ว

      Each bolt, 18" Garnier Limb, was $100 a piece (4 used). Additionally, each beam bracket (2 total) was $60 and one half of the double knee brace (4 total) was $80.

    • @brianpowell4275
      @brianpowell4275 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samuelwiltzius Where do you buy? The last bolts I bought were $250 each but they are the biggest out from what I was told. Potential 10,000 lb limit per bolt.

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brianpowell4275 I purchased mine from www.treehouseparts.com - I also looked at Nelson Treehouse for parts before buying the Garnier Limbs.

    • @lym3204
      @lym3204 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brianpowell4275 Rich man's treehouse. I would make one out of cheap lag bolts and 2x4s if I wasn't actually making a house in a tree.

  • @user-vv3zm2nw7t
    @user-vv3zm2nw7t 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    16:41 😂

  • @emeraldfox7175
    @emeraldfox7175 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rest of the build?

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a playlist here th-cam.com/play/PLpwMi4wISEYZ9d0-slHvembT7pkeaf5u8.html

  • @user-ro4ty7th7d
    @user-ro4ty7th7d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    good

  • @kevinedwards6093
    @kevinedwards6093 ปีที่แล้ว

    It won’t be ‘level’ next year when the trees grow…

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’ve trained these trees to stay level 😉

  • @user-ew1gf5pj1d
    @user-ew1gf5pj1d 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍응원합니다 👍👍🇰🇷

  • @MontanaGrizzsky
    @MontanaGrizzsky 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lol way overbuilt but cool

  • @simon8988
    @simon8988 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Putting nails, screws, and staples into your tree can cause a host of problems ranging from increased disease susceptibility to physical damage all of which can lead to the tree's death. Disease and Decay Susceptibility: The outer bark of the tree is there to protect against disease and decay.

    • @TheTreehouseShop
      @TheTreehouseShop 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Understand the initial concerns BUT healthy trees cn easily handle this. There are too many long term practical examples of treehouses that provenzalisches this;) best attachment technique for heavy treehouses since 25 years now

  • @waseemfarooqi5777
    @waseemfarooqi5777 ปีที่แล้ว

    Between the two trees no this not a good idea, no long lasting in case of strong winds. Single tree 🎄 much better idea n stronger living cabin

    • @samuelwiltzius
      @samuelwiltzius  ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s now survived three windstorms without issue. Careful design has allowed it to move with the trees - it should last a long time

  • @muhammadsubhan1707
    @muhammadsubhan1707 ปีที่แล้ว

    hey guys aku orang Indonesia

  • @lesliehilesgardener6959
    @lesliehilesgardener6959 ปีที่แล้ว

    Other people's trash works freely...I'm cheap and easy

  • @anthonybaransky137
    @anthonybaransky137 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's a tree house, it's not meant to be perfect

  • @harmarka5462
    @harmarka5462 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tell you what he’s NOT going to give you for putting up the ladder…